The Interocitor

Here's the General Election ballot issue slate, courtesy of Dan Weintraub. Just judging by the ballot summaries, here's my likely vote:

• 1A SCA 7 Transportation Funding Protection. This is the so-called Prop. 42 fix that makes it much more difficult for lawmakers and the governor to divert the sales tax on gas from transportation to the general fund.
YES

• 1B SB 1266. Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006. The $19.9 billion transportation bond.
YES

• 1C SB 1689. Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006. The $2.85 billion housing bond.
NO

• 1D AB 127. Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006. The $10.4 billion education bond.
NO. Give us Choice first.

• 1E AB 140. Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006. The $4 billion flood control bond.
MAYBE


• 83 Sex Offenders. Sexually Violent Predators. Punishment, Residence Restrictions and Monitoring. Known as Jessica's Law.
Probably not. There are limits. Have to read this one in detail.

• 84 Water Quality, Safety and Supply. Flood Control. Natural Resource Protection. Park Improvements. The $5.4 billion resources bond placed on the ballot by initiative.
NO. Didn't we do this the last 87 elections?

• 85 Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor’s Pregnancy. A re-run of the parental notifications for abortions initiative that failed in the 2005 special election.
*sigh* I'll trade this one for a NO on 86.

• 86 Tax on Cigarettes. The $2.60 per pack tax increase on cigarettes to pay for an expansion of health care.
NO. Tax something else for a while. Like booze. I don't drink anymore. Second-hand drinking kills thousands.

• 87 Alternative Energy. Research, Production, Incentives. Tax on California Oil. A $4 billion-a-year tax on oil to pay for alternative energy research.
NO. If they gave it to a venture capital fund, I'd buy it, but government-funded research is like government funded art. Nearly all bad if you are looking for something practical. We should be drilling more, not taxing those that have.

• 88 Education Funding. Real Property Parcel Tax. A $50 tax on property parcels to raise money for class size reduction, textbooks, school safety, Academic Success facility grants, and a data system to evaluate educational program effectiveness.
NO. Give us Choice first.

• 89 Political Campaigns. Public Financing. Corporate Tax Increase. Contribution and Expenditure Limits. The "Clean Money" initiative that creates public financing and new, lower contribution limits.
NO. Probably unconstitutional and a bad incumbent-protection scheme if it isn't. End gerrymanders first. But then, still no.

• 90 Government Acquisition, Regulation of Private Property. The initiative that reforms -- or cripples, depending on your viewpoint -- eminent domain.
YES, please.